Padded covering for ironing rolls



K. H. SIEVER PADDED COVERING FOR IRQNING ROLLS June 2, .1925'.

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v Application le November 14, i924. Serial No.Y 747,2A11l.

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Be it .known that l, KARL H. Srnvnn, a citizen of the United States, and a resident oi Keyser, in the county-of Mineral. and StateV of West Virginia,'have invented certain new and useful lrnprovements 1n Fadded Coverings for lroning ltolls,.oic which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to laundry apparatus 'and more particularly to the padded rolls ot ironing machines of various types, my invention especially having to do with the coverings of such rolls whose purpose is to form a yielding ironing sur-` face in conjunction With'a steam heated. suriace against which the rollI rotates. This steam heated surface may be the surface or a cylinder or concave depending upon the type of ironing machine in Which the roll is used.

At present the padded rolls of ironing ina- 1 chines are used both With and Without sur- :tace layers or" asbestos, a Wide strip of padding being Wound upon the` roll with its inner and outer edges approxunatelyI in linel :tace with which it cooperates, the covering cloth and padding are gradually drawn tighter and tighter around the roll by the friction. This tighteningot the covering,

A coupled With the intense heat to Which itis subjected, causes the covering including the pad and cloth' to quickly pack hard and unyielding and to soon char so that its usefuly lite is' 'over; lt is then necessary-torecover the roll, which is v`both tiresome and time killing in addition to being a costly operation in view (5f/the present high price of the padding and covering cloth.i

The primary object of my present invention is to provide a means of padding and covering ironing rolls' in suchmanner that the covering will not pack or char; and will `for this reason outlast the usual coveringl many times. p, I

ln the accompanying drawing which illustrates my present invention and forms a part ot this specification, Y i v Figure l is a sectional view through a series oi',` cal application of my invention, y Figure 2 is a detail perspective view ot vone end portion of the covering proposed I by my invention, and' l Figure `3 is an enlarged sectional View through a cylinder and my improved covering applied thereto.

Referring now to these figures arid par- 'roning rolls showing the practi' ticularly to Figure 1,'l have shown a series 5 ot ironing rolls 10, disposed in engagement with steam chests orsteam'heated concaves` l1 although it is toble understood that the covering as proposed Thy `my invention for.

these rolls l() is to be used on ironingrolls irrespective of the relative `,arrangement of the rolls or the type ot steam heated surfacen with which they are in contact. A

` My invention proposes a covering as shown particularly i Figures 2 and V3, consisting of a serieso'f strips l2-ot Woven padding, applied to a carrier --in the formot a" single plece of'cloth '13, the latter preferably orp muslin, duck or `similar' material.- To this carrierfthe strips l.of padding are secured as by stitches 14,1along the rear edges ot the'strips, the latter being of uniform f Width and in successive uniform overlapping relation and spaced apartl .av distance equal to one-half of the widths ofthe, strips thus bringing the tree edge oteach strip in overlapping relation to the center oit"- the next strip and -,approximately in line with the connected edge of the third strip Vand so on throughout'the series, the length of the series/ as a' whole conforming ofcourse itis applied. i 7

Thus by ,Winding the carrier clothA 13 to the circumference of the roll 10 to which around the, cylinder withthefree edges of vthe stripslQ turned in a direction opposite to the direction ofrotation of the roll, it is I' `obvious that in the rotation of the roll the several strips of padding are free to squeeze l 'y Y, v t I l ioo into the space between the roll and the steam heated surfacepwith which it cooperates, and yet leach strip having once passed by such nsteam heated surface is free `to instantly' yield away from the roll and tonot only eX- pand but to allow air to circulate around and beneath the same.

' posed by my inventionto retain their natural resiliency and to avoid packing and charring.

The covering clotli.- is in accordance with my invention likewise composed of a series of strips 15, of somewhat greater width than v the strips of padding l2, each of the covering strips overlying one of the lstrips vof padding and secured at its'rear edge t0 its respective padding strip and to the carrying clothl 13, preferably by the -same stitches 14 used to secure the anchoredv edgesof the padding strips. The covering strips l thus overlap one another in a manner similar to the strips of lpadding and leave the latter free to yield and eXp-and as previously described. Moreover they to fgether form a covering or ironing cloth,

and in view of the augmented lenOth of life l of the padding and the probability that a vrenewal of the covering or ironing cloth will beadesirable during the continuance of such life of the padding,.two covering strips may be secured in superimposed relation upon each strip of padding so that whenla renewal of the covering or ironing cloth is desired, the outermost strips may be Aremoved, that is cit off adjacent .to the lines kof stitching 14 so that the innermost' strips A covering for ironing wilLthus be left to form a clean, new covering or ironing surface.

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rolls consisting of-a' vcarrier clothiny a single piece adapted to be-Wound around-such rolls, a series-of and Abeing fotherwise free, the! lsaid stripsv strips of padding inuniformly overlapping relation on the carriercloth, each strip being secured at its/innermost edge to theV cloth being spaced apart a'fdistance equal to oneyhalffof the widths'offthestrips, and a series of.. covering strips "overlying A the severalj `Stripsl Ofpadding, thesaid covering strips of .greater(`widtli' than the strips of This obviously per-' mits the strips of padding arranged as p'ro1I bein y padng and secured at one edge tothe connected edges of the strips of padding whereby to form an external ironing cloth in their freely overlapping relation. Y

2. Av covering for ironing rolls including.

a seriesv of circumferentially loverlapping pads, each pad being anchored at its innermost edge and being otherwise free to yield away from the roll, the pads' bein spaced apart a distance equal to one-hal of the widths thereof, and means carried by and yieldable with the pads forv forming `a covering or ironing cloth therearound 3. A covering for ironing rolls including a series of circumferentially overlapping pads, each pad being anchored at its inner- 'most edge and being otherwise free to yieldv away from the roll, the pads being spaced apart a distance equal to one-half'of thel 4. Ina covering for ironing rolls, a series of circumferentially overlapping pads of similar size, .and a flexible carrier to which each padis secured along one edge, said pads being disposed in uniformly spaced relation and having .their remaining portions free for yieldinginoveinent relative to one another.

5. In a covering ,for ironing rolls, a series ofindependent `pads in circumferentially i and Yuniformly overlapping relation, and

means carried 'thereby forming a covering cloth .therefor `without impairingthe inde,.-l

I pendent yielding qualities of the pads in use.

6. In a covering for ironing rolls,- a series of circumferentially overlapping pads ai"- ranged toform a padded surface of uniform thickness around the roll and each anchored at one edge, said pads having'their remaining portions free and Ayieldable with'respect to the roll and to one another. Y

7. A covering for ironing rolls consisting of series of pads and cover strips arranged in circumferentially overlapping relation and having their overlapping portions freely and independently yieldable toward, and away from one another.

KARL HU'eHsiEvER. l 

